Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
ECCENTRICITIES
Noun
eccentricities
plural of eccentricity
Source: Wiktionary
ECCENTRICITY
Ec`cen*tric"i*ty, n.; pl. Eccentricities. Etym: [Cf. F. excentricité.]
1. The state of being eccentric; deviation from the customary line of conduct; oddity.
2. (Math.)
Definition: The ratio of the distance between the center and the focus of an ellipse or hyperbola to its semi-transverse axis.
3. (Astron.)
Definition: The ratio of the distance of the center of the orbit of a heavenly body from the center of the body round which it revolves to the semi-transverse axis of the orbit.
4. (Mech.)
Definition: The distance of the center of figure of a body, as of an eccentric, from an axis about which it turns; the throw.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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